Emily Prentiss had seen a lot of things in her thirty-five years on earth. Some were horrifying, unspeakable acts committed 由 the very worst that society had to offer. Some were inspiring…heroic acts exercised under extreme circumstances that periodically restored her faith in humanity. And still some…some were unexplainable occurrences that somehow managed to throw even the poised Emily Prentiss off her game. And today had provided one of those such events in spades.

Because today, of all days, Emily Prentiss learned that she had been...

Two hours later, Emily laughed breathlessly as she feinted right, thrusting her weapon and hearing the satisfying clang of steel meeting steel as their sabers clashed. Small rivulets of perspiration ran down her neck, the bib of her mask capturing the moisture with ease as she swayed to the side.

Hotch was good. No, she thought with a mental headshake, better than good. Hotch was excellent. Graceful and lethal, his body flowed as he backed her toward the wall, advancing across the room with well calculated swipes of his weapon.

Emily Prentiss supposed that was a bit of an exaggeration, especially 给 that there were many things about Wisconsin that she actually liked. Unfortunately none of them were in any way related to trudging around a crime scene somewhere north of Green 湾 in November, a site recently used 由 their unsub to dump the body of a young woman who had barely reached her prime. The snow hadn't really started to accumulate, but it was cold – probably below 20 with the wind chill. And Emily didn't like the cold. Her lips were chapped, her...

It was an odd occurrence, she had to admit. She had grabbed 更多 than enough blankets before she passed out. She didn’t want to open her eyes, but she could drift back sleep if she was cold. Sighing, Emily turned around and smiled as a pair of dark eyes met hers. “Blanket hog.” she accused him laughing as he grinned at her. “What can I say? I don’t like being cold.” he replied innocently.

Emily laughed and snuggled closer to Aaron. “You’re not the only one.” Emily 说 as he wrapped his arms around her...